Gary Glitter charged with sex offenses against girls ages 12 to 14

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(FILES) In this file picture taken on October 28, 2012 former British rock star Gary Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, returns home in central London after he was arrested earlier in the day by British police. British former pop star Gary Glitter is to be charged with eight sex offences involving young girls dating back more than 30 years, prosecutors said on June 5, 2014. Glitter, 70, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was in October 2012 the first person arrested as part of Operation Yewtree, a national investigation launched in the wake of abuse claims against the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile. AFP PHOTO/LEON NEALLEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images

The charges against Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, are related to two women who were aged 12 and 14 at the time of the alleged offenses between 1977 and 1980.

The 70-year-old was arrested in October 2012 — the first in a series of arrests under the Operation Yewtree national investigation that was launched in the wake of a child abuse scandal surrounding late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile.

Glitter is best known for the hit “Rock & Roll (Part 2),” but he fell into disgrace after being convicted on child abuse charges in Vietnam.

Otto Warmbier was arrested in January 2016 at the end of a brief tourist visit to North Korea. He had been medically evacuated and was being treated at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center when he died at age 22.